INNER WHEEL SOUTH WAIRARAPA

After a changeling year, and it looks like another one to come.  We are back after our Christmas break. It will be great to welcome back members of Inner Wheel to our monthly dinner meeting this month.

Inner Wheel now has Digital  Education training for all members.. These are held monthly on the F1st Wednesday of the month via Zoom. These sessions are recorded and shared to the Inneer Wheel members resources Library .

February digital education will be on Social Media tips and tricks.  These Zoom meetings are well worth attending. Will be great to start the New Year with something new.

Enjoy our lovely warm weather.

New Members are most welcome please contact 022 653 3510

Maureen Mortensen

Aratoi

Autumn begins with several new exhibitions, each with a unique environmental and historical viewpoint. Our major exhibition, Toitū Te Whenua, The Land Will Always Remain, takes up the main gallery, with large installations and thought-provoking paintings to encourage the viewer to think about the forces that have shaped our environment. Artist Showcase #1, with ConArt Galleries and Studios, bring into contrast the beauty of wild meadows from Lindy McLachlan against the photographer Jim Simmons; who has captured an environment that many of us never see. 

Steve Carr’s popular exhibition Making Space has been extended until the 6^th March. Watch the slow inevitability of a bubble popping and a watermelon exploding, or the hypnotic symmetry of a synchronised swimmer with no fixed conclusion. 

Toitū Te Whenua, The Land Will Always Remain

Jacqui Colley, Bruce Foster, Ian-Wayne Grant, Simon Lardelli, and Jenna Packer 

Dates: 5 March – 26 June

Artist Talk: Saturday 5 March, 11am … Continue Reading

Are your pools safe? 

With summer in full swing this is an opportune time to remind property owners of rules and responsibilities of owning a swimming pool and restricting access to children. If you rent a property with a swimming pool, guidance on the rules for tenants and landlords can be found on the tenancy website here: https://www.tenancy.govt.nz/maintenance-and-inspections/regularmaintenance/pools/ 

Safety barriers A pool with a maximum depth of more than 400mm, including a temporary inflatable pool, must be surrounded by a barrier or fence. The physical barrier must restrict access to the pool or immediate pool area by unsupervised young children and comply with the NZ building code. You also need a building consent to construct the barrier.  … Continue Reading

Maree’s musings

MULTITASKING … MYTH or MAGIC?

Do you multitask? If you have a busy lifestyle or hanker to get stuff done, it’s tempting. Sometimes the days stretch out in front of you from that first morning stretch, but that luxury is rare. Being short of time is more likely, so it seems productive to double up on activities in the effort to get everything done while you’re able.

Multitasking has a very short history, and was first attributed to a machine. A computer, of course. In 1965, IBM’s ‘System360’ model managed to do more than one operation at once, and the term was adopted. So can humans do it? Are our brains up to the task … tasks? … Continue Reading